TIL 336: Considering Neuroscience in Biblical Counseling (feat. Jenn Chen)
Truth in Love
Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
4.8 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
1. The Noetic Effects of the Fall on Psychology and Neuroscience
2. Helpful Aspects of Neuroscience
3. Cautions When Studying Neuroscience
4. Thinking Biblically About Neuroscience
Critical Psychiatry Bibliography
You can find the book Science Fictions here
You can find the article by Mike Zimmer here
You can find the article by John Loannidis here
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| 0:00.0 | Considering neuroscience in biblical counseling on this edition of Truth and Love. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified |
| 0:18.2 | Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions |
| 0:21.4 | to the problems that people face. And today, once again, I'm delighted to have with us Dr. |
| 0:27.2 | Jen Chen. And Jen has her doctorate degree in clinical psychology. She also has a master's in |
| 0:33.5 | marriage and family therapy as well. She practiced actually in the inner city of LA for 17 years |
| 0:40.0 | and also has an MABC from the Master's University and she now teaches there as an adjunct professor |
| 0:46.2 | in their online program. And she counsels at her church, Lighthouse Church, and she's an ACBC |
| 0:51.0 | certified member. And I've really enjoyed the short time that I've gotten to know |
| 0:55.8 | Jen Chin over the last several years and just the kindness and grace and humility that she brings to the |
| 1:01.5 | table, particularly in thinking about these difficult subjects as it relates to psychology and the |
| 1:07.0 | practice of different psychotherapies and psychologies that I think are just really, |
| 1:11.1 | really helpful and full of grace, but also wise according to the scripture. And just to hear her |
| 1:15.6 | heart and love for the things of God and the scriptures has been just a true blessing to me. And |
| 1:21.1 | I can't wait to introduce you to her and thinking in this topic on neuroscience. And this is, honestly, this is a confusing, |
| 1:30.2 | difficult topic for so many people. And it is quite all the rage in much of science. Most |
| 1:36.8 | psychotherapies, if they could have the backing or the blessing of neuroscience, then it comes |
| 1:43.5 | across certainly as much more valid in the minds and |
| 1:46.4 | hearts of people. And so this is a subject that we in biblical counseling are going to encounter |
| 1:51.8 | in a lot of different ways. And we certainly don't ever want to dismiss that which is seen as |
| 1:57.2 | legitimate, good, healthy science. But we also want to be wise and cautious as to |
| 2:03.1 | those things which are not and shouldn't be categorized as such. And Jen has been really helpful. |
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